Management of post traumatic stress disorder after childbirth: A review

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 113-122

  Lapp, Leann K ^a,b   Agbokou, Catherine ^a   Peretti, Charles Siegfried ^a   Ferreri, Florian ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Childbirth; post traumatic stress syndrome; pregnancy; treatment interventions

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILDBIRTH; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COUNSELING; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARTURITION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955862105     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: 17438942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0167482X.2010.503330     Document Type: Review

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